"Music and Dance Rhythms from the Balkans" A demonstration by John Kuo, Director of the Chicago ensemble Balkanske Igre.
Presented in Angelina Ilieva's class on Balkan Folklore.
Co-sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, and the University of Chicago Arts Planning Council.Author(s): The Center for International Studies at the Univer

Keeping Strange Company The short film, 'Keeping Strange Company', produced in collaboration between filmmaker Meghan Horvath and researcher Josefine Baark from History of Art, University of Cambridge, looks at how Danish royalty imaginatively interpreted a little known place - the Far East - and how, this created a fascinating world-view of its own. It asks, how did Chinese artefacts and images impact on the artistic aesthetic adhered to by the Danish court, before and after the establishment of the Danish Asiatic ComAuthor(s): No creator set

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Pleiades - Venus Conjunction Time-Lapse Star Trails Enjoy this compilation of several interesting views filmed during the recent Pleiades - Venus Conjunction as seen from Santa Clarita, California. Students will enjoy the real life footage of these beautiful images. What a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between Earth and the classroom. (03:42)Author(s): No creator set

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Catholic Studies Talent Show Spring 2015 The Department of Catholic Studies of the University of St. Thomas host the Spring 2015 annual Talent show. Full of entertainment, laughter and joy. Enjoy!Author(s): No creator set

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Displacement Week: "The Effects of Gentrification on Chicago's Communities" A panel discussion with Jamie Kalven: Writer, Invisible Institute; Tom Walsh: Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Jewish Council on Urban Affiars; Victoria Romero: President of the Board, Pilsen Alliance. Moderated by Virginia Parks: Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago.Author(s): The Center for International Studies at the Univer

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"Ecology, Human Rights, and Large Dam Projects in South Asia" Kathleen Morrison is Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, Center for International Studies, The University of Chicago.
There is little doubt that climate change, deforestation, erosion, and the unequal distribution of natural resources around the globe are of pressing importance everywhere, but these problems are perhaps most acute in Asia, home to 64 percent of the world’s population. Much of this population (1 and 1.3 billion, respectively) is concentrated in India and China, twAuthor(s): The Center for International Studies at the Univer

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"Global Chicago, pt. 4"A talk by Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune urban correspondent. In collaboration with The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.Author(s): The Center for International Studies at the Univer

Composer & Cellist Philip Sheppard in Conversation with Sid Lee's Will Travis [Recorded: January 29, 2015]
"I like smashing new technology into old technology and the older the technology the better. One of the cellos I use was made in the 17th century, and some of the equipment I use was made last week. I find if you pull from as far away as possible, you often end up with a much more interesting result.”
Philip Sheppard
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, June 2014
Philip Sheppard has gathered international acclaim for his diverse career as aAuthor(s): No creator set

Common French Phrases : Useful French Words and Phrases Learn how to say the words yes, no, okay, please, that's right and other words. Stéphanie Hourie Morrow is a native French language speaker. In this video she speaks slowly and says each word three times so the viewer can repeat the words. The French words also appear on the screen.Author(s): No creator set

As discussed earlier, the DNA of the E. coli chromosome is highly negatively supercoiled due to the action of the DNA gyrase enzyme (Section 3.2). This negative supercoiling serves to assist in compaction of the DNA, with the repulsive forces of the sugar-phosphate backbones being counteracted by polyamines. Many of the protein

Until now, we have discussed DNA primarily as a double helix, but in its natural state within the cell it is found packaged as a complex mixture with many different proteins and other components. You have already seen examples of proteins with specific roles to play, such as topoisomerases and the proteins with various DNA binding domains, but in this section we will turn our attention to the proteins that serve to pack and organise the DNA into what we call chromatin.